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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003060Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2016-02-11 16:172025-07-14 09:38
ReporterM0HX Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2016.1 
Summary0003060: Error Installing Nvidia drivers on Kali Linux 2.0
Description

when'ever i try to install the nvidia drivers in kali linux some of these things happen :
1- The installer crash and can't continue installing.
2- when i run the install command it just freezes.
3- I get stuck on the tty1,2,3,etc boot menu where i can only run commands and not actually use the GUI login.
4- or the drivers don't get installed correctly, somethings are missing.

Steps To Reproduce

Normal install using this method:
http://docs.kali.org/general-use/install-nvidia-drivers-on-kali-linux

Or manual install from the nvidia website:
I download the latest driver ( i tried old ones and still the same ) and chmod to make it executable, and then run it.

I also tried to apt-get update and dist-upgrade before installing any thing, and one more time without apt-get update and dist-upgrade.

Additional Information

please fix this or add new tutorial or something in the docs. I tried many methods and most of them crashed/damaged my kali linux 2.0 files and had to reInstall it multiple times just to figure out a solution but i still didn't find any!

I think it is problem in one of these things during the install:
gdm3 service
kdms-kernel-headers
or Nouveau drivers.

Activities

M0HX

M0HX

2016-02-11 16:20

reporter   ~0004695

or maybe something todo with xorg.conf files i don't know!
M0HX

M0HX

2016-02-13 07:37

reporter   ~0004699

UPDATE: i got it all sorted out now. please close issue.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-02-11 16:17 M0HX New Issue
2016-02-11 16:20 M0HX Note Added: 0004695
2016-02-13 07:37 M0HX Note Added: 0004699
2016-02-14 14:18 rhertzog Status new => closed
2016-02-14 14:18 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2016-02-14 14:18 rhertzog Resolution open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal
2025-07-14 09:38 g0tmi1k Severity crash => minor